Curriculum and Instruction

Standard 3, Key Idea
1

Key Idea 1: Geography can be divided into six essential elements which
can be used to analyze important historic, geographic, economic, and environmental
questions and issues. These six elements include: the world in spatial terms,
places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human
systems, environment and society, and the use of geography. (Adapted from
The National Geography Standards, 1994: Geography for Life)

Performance Indicators--Students will:

Elementary

study about how people live, work, and utilize natural resources

draw maps and diagrams that serve as representations of places, physical
features, and objects

locate places within the local community, State, and nation; locate
the Earth’s continents in relation to each other and to principal parallels
and meridians (Adapted from National Geography Standards, 1994)

identify and compare the physical, human, and cultural characteristics
of different regions and people (Adapted from National Geography Standards,
1994)

investigate how people depend on and modify the physical environment

Intermediate

map information about people, places, and environments

understand the characteristics, functions, and applications of maps,
globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite-produced images, and models
(Taken from National Geography Standards, 1994)

investigate why people and places are located where they are located
and what patterns can be perceived in these locations

describe the relationships between people and environments and the connections
between people and places

Commencement

understand how to develop and use maps and other graphic representations
to display geographic issues, problems, and questions

describe the physical characteristics of the Earth’s surface and investigate
the continual reshaping of the surface by physical processes and human
activities

investigate the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human
populations on the Earth’s surface (Taken from National Geography Standards,
1994)

understand the development and interactions of social/cultural, political,
economic, and religious systems in different regions of the world

analyze how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence
the division and control of the Earth’s surface (Taken from National Geography
Standards, 1994)

explain how technological change affects people, places, and regions

Standard 3 Geography

Students will: use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world
in which we live - local, national, and global - including the
distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s
surface.